Family | VIOLACEAE |
Genus species | Viola renifolia A.Gray |
Synonyms | Viola brainerdii Greene |
Viola mistassinica Greene | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 200-3000m |
Description | acaulescent, not stoloniferous, leaves reniform to orbiculate, 2-4cm, cordate, serrate-crenate, subglabrous, sepals lanceolate, lower petal 8-10mm, spur white, 2-3mm |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Iowa , Minnesota , South Dakota , Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New York , Pennsylvania , Vermont) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | VIOLACEAE
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